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The Little Shop on Silver Linings Street

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This was a lovely and sweet novel highlighting the magic of Christmas, and its possibilities of hope for a brighter future. Daisy Turner is a 32 year old single woman working as a saleswoman at Buchanan's Family Jewellers. She has been at this company for 8 years and is very good at her job because she is honest and knows her customers inside and out, so much so she can pick out the right piece of jewellery for them. However, Daisy is a romantic woman at heart, she likes listening to her customer's love stories and longs for a love to call her own, especially since she escaped her troubled home life. Daisy lives a very simple life and is reserved at the best of times. Then suddenly her boss and very good friend Bea, is going to retire, and she announces that she will leave the shop to whichever of her three sons creates the perfect piece of Christmas jewellery for Daisy. Bea's three sons: Lawrence, Bertie and Christopher (Kit) do contribute to the store from time to time as it is part of their family duties. Each man is completely baffled by their mother's wish, but they each step in for the challenge. In danger of losing the job that once saved her, Daisy is out of her comfort zone as each of the brothers sweeps her off her feet to find out what her heart truly desires. Between ice-skating, starlight shopping and cosy candle-lit dinners, it’s only handsome and guarded youngest brother Kit who really seems to be listening. Because Daisy has a secret. Every night, when the shop closes, she lays out her tools in neat rows and creates sparkling designs of her own, for other people in her community and longs to belong. As Christmas Day approaches, Daisy’s growing feelings for Kit fill her with a confidence she never knew she had. But as the brothers present their elaborate gemstone masterpieces, she’s in for the shock of her life… Was Kit using her to get ahead in the competition all along? Or has he truly worked out the one thing she has always longed for? They say all good things come in small packages, but the best things don’t need wrapping at all... Overall I loved that this novel addresses that living a simple life is not boring at all, in fact it can be the most rewarding, and it is the little things that count the most, because they make up the big picture altogether. And that you should always be and stay true to yourself.

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